Too bad number 18 was already takenToday comedian Billy Crystal fulfilled the fantasy of every short, aging Jewish male in America -- he played baseball before a sold-out stadium during spring training. The Yankees signed Crystal to a two-day contract to celebrate the long time fan's 60th birthday. He joins the ranks of Jewish baseball greats like Shawn Green, Sandy Koufax and Hank Greenberg. "I’m the D.H. — designated Hebrew," Crystal commented in the Times. “It doesn’t matter. I’m so jazzed. It’s the greatest thrill ever.”

Billy Crystal's Tony Award-winning one-man show, 700 Sundays, chronicling the actor/comedian's life opens in Australia today. It's the first country, outside the U.S., that Crystal has performed the show.

So what was the first question an Australian reporter from the Australian Jewish News asked Crystal at yesterday's press conference?

SO, YOU'RE Jewish already, you're performing an autobiographical show about your childhood and, what, you call the show 700 Sundays? Hey, I don't want to kvetch here but why not 700 Saturdays?

Crystal's response:

"That's funny. Next," Crystal said after a few seconds of bemusement. "You travel 1500 miles and you find the one Jew who says why not 700 Saturdays?"